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An associated question that I ask--if the force of friction is independent
of area (roughly so in this case) then why the wide tires? Answer--so that
the tires DON'T melt during the actual race. Frictional heating of the
tires is located over a larger object with lots of surface area to keep the
temperature from going above the melting point for the tire compound.